#9f8b66

Color #9f8b66

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 16.59 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 11.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9f8b66

RGB

rgb(159, 139, 102)

HSL

hsl(38.9, 22.9%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.9, 35.8%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 35.8%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(58.79, 1.93, 22.58)

LCH

lch(58.79, 22.66, 85.11)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.057, 82.64)

HWB

hwb(38.9, 40%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#667a9f

Analogous

#9f6f66

#9f8b66

#979f66

Triadic

#9f8b66

#669f8b

#8b669f

Split-complementary

#9f8b66

#66979f

#6f669f

Tetradic

#9f8b66

#7a9f66

#667a9f

#8b669f

Square

#9f8b66

#669f6f

#667a9f

#9f6697

Shades

Color #9f8b66 mixed toward black.

#867454

#6b5d43

#504632

#352e22

#1b1711

Tints

Color #9f8b66 mixed toward white.

#af9e80

#bfb299

#cfc5b3

#dfd8cc

#efece6

Tones

Color #9f8b66 mixed toward gray.

#9a8a6b

#968870

#918774

#8c8579

#87847e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#979770 · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#989973 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#9e7879 · ΔE 20.5

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f8b66;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f8b66]

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Frequently asked questions

#9f8b66 (#9f8b66) is rgb(159, 139, 102) in RGB.

No, #9f8b66 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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